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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

4km SE of Palermo, CA

· 3.7 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yuba County 21 kmButte County 30 kmSutter County 44 kmNevada County 64 kmColusa County 68 kmPlacer County 78 kmGlenn County 80 kmSierra County 87 kmYolo County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
3.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yuba County, 21 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2732 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 39.4045, -121.5078. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yuba County, CA 21 km (13 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Yuba County
Butte County, CA 30 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Butte County
Sutter County, CA 44 km (28 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sutter County
Nevada County, CA 64 km (40 mi) W of here earthquakes near Nevada County
Colusa County, CA 68 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Colusa County
Placer County, CA 78 km (48 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Placer County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

43 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.6 13km WSW of Durham, CA
  2. 1.9 10km ENE of Loma Rica, CA
  3. 1.6 17km WSW of Durham, CA
  4. 1.7 10km N of Thermalito, CA
  5. 1.8 1km NNE of Chico, CA
  6. 2.1 8km W of La Porte, CA
  7. 1.9 10km NNW of Oroville, CA
  8. 1.8 14km N of Colusa, CA
  9. 2.5 15km ENE of Willows, CA
  10. 2.2 16km N of Colusa, CA
  11. 2.5 4km SE of Concow, CA
  12. 1.9 10km N of Oroville, CA
  13. 1.9 10km SSE of Hamilton City, CA
  14. 3.0 1km NNW of Chico, CA
  15. 1.9 4km ENE of Palermo, CA

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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